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MILTON DURNELL, OF EAST MONROE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E.

85 JAMES L. DURNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 240,677, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed January .28, 1881. (No model.)

. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON DURNELL, of East Monroe, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in Fences; and I do here by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

m which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fences; and it consists in the com bination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out IS in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 indicates a side elevation of my improved fence entire; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view on the line a; a; of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a top view of the fence.

The letter A indicates the vertical battens or fence-posts. These are secured in the ground in the usual or any approved manner.

The letter 13 indicates the fence-rails, which are secured to the battens of each section, one

end of each rail being secured to the right of one batten, and the other end of each rail to the left of the opposite batten of the section, as indicated in the drawings. It is evident 0 that by this construction the strain of the rails against or upon the battens is equalized, and that the liability of the rails to twist off by their weight when the fastenings become impaired, as in the ordinary fences, where the 3 5 rails are secured to the same side of the batten throughout the whole series, is effectually obviated. The battens of the adjoining sections of the fence are located so as to abut against each other when in place, and are wired together, as indicated by the letter B in the at their ends are shouldered, as indicated by the letter G, the shouldered portion forming seats in which the stakes set, so as to firmly bind the sections of the fence together. The

sections of the fence are further secured together by means of the wires H at the abutting battens. Each wire is passed between the battens transversely, then carried around the rails on opposite sides, which are recessed, as indicated at I, to receive the wires, then through apertures K in the battens, then under the upper rails, after which the ends are bent upward and connected over the riders between the crossed ends of the stakes, as clearly indicatedin the drawings, connecting the parts of the fence in such manner that any sagging or sinking of the sections will tend to bind the parts more securely together.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the fence-sections. the stakes and the riders arranged as described,

the wires passing between the battens, around the riders, through the battens, under the upper rails, and above the riders, where their ends are secured, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILTON DURNELL.

Witnesses W. H. SAYLOR, J. B. RANDOLPH. 

